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... where it was tight and would have been easy picking for pickpockets. It seemed like on almost every turn was a young African man pushing selfie sticks and stores which either sold Murano glass, masks, purses, or some combination thereof. Each was slightly different and we bought a nice black mask (picture in the blog) as well as a pink mask for our granddaughter. After doing almost the full loop through Venice, we went to the ...

We left our beautiful villa at Gardone Riveria about 9am perfectly as planned and headed towards the motorway. About 10.30am we stopped at the pretty town of Vicenza. Neither of us expected it to be as big as it was but we found an attended carpark and hoped for the best leaving a car full of luggage while we walked into town. The churches and squares were packed with people, mainly locals from what we could see dressed up for Sunday ...

... with beams you have to duck under. Baffled tourists holding maps at 60 degree angles were everywhere. Still, a beautiful way to get lost. We found a little cafe in one of these alleys and enjoyed delicious Italian pizza, lemon soda and espresso for lunch in the pleasant shade for before continuing on. Crossing over the Grand Canal via Rialto bridge was somewhat of a challenge with the bridge being chock-full of selfie-taking tourists, ...

... br> So here we are, a couple of Kiwis, keen to get on the water but not keen to part with 80 Euros! Well, for folk like us, there is something far more traditional - it is called the "traghetto" and it is the gondola that the Venetian commuters use to cross the Grand Canal. It is shaped like a gondola, but you stand in it....very still....all facing forwards - a great experience and only 2 Euro each! Then try taking a photo! Eventually we ...

... beer and then a stroll with the last of the afternoon tourists to get our bearings and see what was what. Lots of shops – leather bags, clothes, glassware, masks, masks, masks. And did I say masks. Very clever but so many. There are some I would love to take home (purple of course) but would have to lug them around with me or send them... will think about it. I am eyeing a purple handbag (which most of the shops said didn’t come in purple, but we ...